“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change” (Obama).
Since the 1750’s Industrial Revolution, human activity has contributed substantially to
the noxious warming of Earth’s atmosphere; the United States’ extensive burning of fossil fuels
and its subsequent emission of greenhouse gases have consumed an equivalent to 7% of our
GDP in 2006 alone, and an estimated $9 trillion in pollution-induced illness in just the past 30
years (Environment America). An unfortunate but evident truth of this destructive phenomenon
resides chiefly in national ignorance: China and the United States, respectively, are the two,
largest emitters of harmful gases in the world, as well as the holders of the two, largest …show more content…
America’s foreign presence has
proven to assuage international tension on many occasions; the 2006 U.S.–India Peaceful Atomic
Energy Cooperation Agreement was seen as a “watershed” in U.S.–India relations – one in
which Foreign Service Officers (FSO’s) actively cooperated with Indian officials to …show more content…
The
agreement strengthened relations between the world’s two largest democracies and lead to a
tripling of bilateral trade in 2008 ("The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal"). My role as a Foreign Service
Officer of the OES, as of all officers, will also have influence in bolstering international relations
with China as previously done with India. A policy with which we can further enhance the
cooperation between the United States and China in realizing the Joint Climate Agreement is the
U.S.–China Ten-Year Framework for Cooperation on Energy and Environment, or the TYF.
The TYF facilitates best practices between the two countries to foster innovation and develop
solutions to mutually-pressing energy and environment issues (U.S. Dep. Of State). U.S.
agencies involved in the Framework include the Departments of State, Energy, Treasury,
Commerce, Interior, Transportation, and Agriculture, as well as the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Trade Development Agency, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Participating agencies for China include the National Development and Reform Commission,
Since the 1750’s Industrial Revolution, human activity has contributed substantially to
the noxious warming of Earth’s atmosphere; the United States’ extensive burning of fossil fuels
and its subsequent emission of greenhouse gases have consumed an equivalent to 7% of our
GDP in 2006 alone, and an estimated $9 trillion in pollution-induced illness in just the past 30
years (Environment America). An unfortunate but evident truth of this destructive phenomenon
resides chiefly in national ignorance: China and the United States, respectively, are the two,
largest emitters of harmful gases in the world, as well as the holders of the two, largest …show more content…
America’s foreign presence has
proven to assuage international tension on many occasions; the 2006 U.S.–India Peaceful Atomic
Energy Cooperation Agreement was seen as a “watershed” in U.S.–India relations – one in
which Foreign Service Officers (FSO’s) actively cooperated with Indian officials to …show more content…
The
agreement strengthened relations between the world’s two largest democracies and lead to a
tripling of bilateral trade in 2008 ("The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal"). My role as a Foreign Service
Officer of the OES, as of all officers, will also have influence in bolstering international relations
with China as previously done with India. A policy with which we can further enhance the
cooperation between the United States and China in realizing the Joint Climate Agreement is the
U.S.–China Ten-Year Framework for Cooperation on Energy and Environment, or the TYF.
The TYF facilitates best practices between the two countries to foster innovation and develop
solutions to mutually-pressing energy and environment issues (U.S. Dep. Of State). U.S.
agencies involved in the Framework include the Departments of State, Energy, Treasury,
Commerce, Interior, Transportation, and Agriculture, as well as the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Trade Development Agency, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Participating agencies for China include the National Development and Reform Commission,